Cottage Industry: Strafford Woman Mixes Passion and Savvy Into a Home Business
After decades of working for other people, Meredith Jo Henning-Dyer was ready to make a splash of her own. But first, she waded. “Here I am, 57 years old and starting my own business,” she said in a recent interview in her Strafford kitchen. “That’s nuts.” Friends made her believe in herself, telling her not to fear her own destiny, said Henning-Dyer, an avid walker and swimmer. “They pushed me off the diving board,” she said. A year...
